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Apparently, you didn't plan on sharing and you don't expect anyone to say anything of any value. Good luck to you and I'm glad you found your special reason to leave.
Absolutely correct, they wouldn't take advice from me. But, you feed their ego enough and ask the right questions they will share what works for them. Remember, I would be the one looking for help from them, not the other way around.
Absolutely. I have learned much from traders above me - not by feeding egos but by being, for lack of a better word, "gracious". I am here to learn. Perhaps the following is only one reason why a successful trader won't share.
I personally know a trader (doesn't live far from me) who takes over a million out of the futures market every year. I got to know him slowly, saw he was no BS artist, and through conversation he showed me a great deal. Why, you may wonder, was he apprehensive at first? Because MANY people are NOT open minded. I was in a forum / blog with him and when he stated the amount of $$ he made on an annual basis the beating he took in the blog was just unbelievable! He got on the phone with me and said he'd NEVER share his income again. Why help those who don't want to be helped and are probably frustrated traders or wannabes. And the ironic part he said is "you have no idea how much some traders make in this business, while I am comfortable with my income, to some traders my million a year is chump change."
I still am in contact with him . . . now only if he'd give me about $200K to trade with .
One caveat here, I've also learned from traders below me . . . there is always something to learn. Open your ears, eyes and mind.
Broker: Advantage Futures, Ninja/TT and InvestorRT/IQFeed.
Trading: Treasury futures
Posts: 312 since Nov 2010
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Don't pro golfers take advice from their caddies? Tiger is routinely coached by golfers who are not as good as he is, given that Jack Nicholas never coached him. Pete Carrill, one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time (Princeton), was about 5'7" tall. Those who know less than you may still know something you do not.
"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows..."
... my friend Charlotte the Harlot uses the same approach in her line of work... quit effectively I might add .
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I'm just a simple man trading a simple plan.
My daddy always said, "Every day above ground is a good day!"
I have been in Sales & Marketing for 28 years. I know if you make people feel good about themselves and what their doing then you always get what you want. And to do this you need to have empathy.
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